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The NWI Podcast is the podcast for wellness professionals and enthusiasts who want to amplify the quality of their lives in all six dimensions of wellness. New episodes uploaded bi-weekly.

Dr. Anna Yusim delves into the psychospiritual realm in discussing her new book, Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life

Dr. Anna Yusim completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University, where she studied Biology & Philosophy. She attended Yale Medical School & the NYU Residency Training Program in Psychiatry. She has traveled, lived and worked in over 50 countries and presented at numerous national and international medical conferences. Dr. Yusim has published over 70 academic articles, book chapters, scientific abstracts and book reviews on various topics in psychiatry. She has a private practice in Manhattan and is presently a Lecturer at Yale Medical School, where she is working to create a Mental Health and Spirituality Program.

Dr. Yusim has received numerous awards and distinctions including the National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Research Resident Award, the American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship, the William Webb Fellowship from the Academy for Psychosomatic Medicine, the American Psychiatric Institute for Research & Education (APIRE) Janssen Research Award, the Seed Research Grant from the American Medical Association, First Prize in the Sermo Resident Challenge, the Carta Fellowship from the World Psychiatric Association, the Janet M. Glasgow-Rubin Award for Women Leaders at Yale Medical School, the William F. Downs Fellowship for International Research, the Max Kade Fellowship, the Samuel F. and Sara G. Feinman Scholarship for Leadership, the Foreman Fleisher Foundation Scholarship for Academic Excellence, the Golden Award for Top Thesis written in the Humanities at Stanford University, the Hoefzer Prize for Top Essay Written in Stanford University Course, the Bessie F. Lawrence International Fellowship, and the National Science Foundation Scholarship.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did. Please feel free to leave a comment below.

Warmly,
Caroline

MEMBER BONUS: Click here and then click "Member Resources" to access Dr. Yusim's meditations, as well as other tools and resources for members.

Take on any challenge, succeed, and change your life with Bryan Falchuk.

Bryan Falchuk overcame adversity, lost nearly 100 pounds, ran a marathon, dramatically change his diet and created an approach to help others live a better life, every day. That way is Do a Day.

Like so many people, Bryan has faced challenges in life, like obesity, depression, work stress, the responsibilities of parenthood, the potential of losing his wife to illness, and more. And he struggled, like anyone else. Through his struggle, he learned the secret to not just overcoming any individual challenge, but creating a life of achievement, happiness and harmony. In Do a Day, you will learn how to make each day
contribute to your goals so you can live the life you want to live — a better life.

Do a Day frees you of the burden and judgment of yesterday‘s choices while relieving you of the pressure of what tomorrow may bring. By teaching you how to identify your true motivation and how to use that to focus on what you have to do today, Do a Day will help you change your life.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did. Please feel free to leave a comment below.

Warmly,
Caroline

MEMBER BONUS: Click here and click the "Member Resources" button to download an exercise from Bryan's method, Do A Day, as well as other tools and resources for members.

“Work Happiness Expert” and author Jody B. Miller on how to maximize worksite happiness by tuning in to your team and embracing yourself.

Jody B. Miller is the CEO of C2C Strategic Management. She is a Career and Life Coach, Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author and Corporate Strategist. She is known as "The Work Happiness Expert."

Over the past 13+ years, Jody has helped thousands of people find true meaning in their work and in their lives. Jody also designs employee engagement cultures and customizes collaboration and peak performance workshops for global corporations. Her previous positions include Investment Banker, Strategic Consultant to Fortune100 Corporations, CEO of a Software Start-Up, Assistant Producer for a PBS Television Series, and Sales & Marketing Executive for CBS Television.

Jody speaks around the world and writes books and articles about finding meaning and happiness in work and life, workplace collaboration, and moving outside your comfort zone to achieve peak performance. She contributes to many publications, including Entrepreneur Magazine, CEO Magazine, Bloomberg BNA, LinkedIn, The Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Business Success Magazine, HR.com, Financial Times, and YPO Ignites Magazine. She is also interviewed regularly on television, radio and global podcasts, and hosts her own radio podcast, called The MISOGI Method.

Jody’s most recent book, From DRIFT to SHIFT: How Change Can Bring True Meaning and Happiness to Your Work and Life, follows the lives of seasoned professionals who have undergone shifts in their work and personal lives in order to find happiness and meaning. Her newest book, The MISOGI Method, teaches a way to break through the perils of unhappiness, regardless of socioeconomic position, to create a life of meaning, purpose, love and joy that we never thought possible.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did. Please feel free to leave a comment below.

Warmly,
Caroline

MEMBER BONUS: Click here and click the "Member Resources" button to download her takeaways from her book, From Drift to Shift: How Change Brings True Meaning and Happiness to Your Work and Life, as well as other tools and resources for members.

Dr. Tori Jennings and Dr. Annie Wetter discuss “Cycling Without Age,” an innovative community program to engage and connect with our seniors.

In this interview, Dr. Tori Jennings and Dr. Annie Wetter discuss Cycling Without Age, a non-profit volunteer-run program that takes older adults and adults with differing abilities on free bicycle rides in a trishaw. Tori initiated the Stevens Point Chapter of Cycling Without Age, and Annie is a partner in this effort. The Stevens point chapter of Cycling Without Age is part of a world wide movement to connect older adults to cycling, the outdoors, and the community.

Tori Jennings, PhD (left), is a cultural anthropologist. She has been teaching anthropology
at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for 8 years as an adjunct professor. In addition to teaching, Tori was elected to the Stevens Point City Council in 2017. From 2015 to 2017, she served as chair of the city’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

Annie Wetter, PhD (right), is president of Portage

County CAN, a coalitiondedicated to promoting healthy eating and physical activity. CAN does this primarily by fostering a partnership between individuals, agencies, and resources in the community to increase the capac

ity of existing efforts and spark new initiatives among stakeholders. Cycling Without Age is a perfect example of this work.

Annie is also Professor of Nutrition in the School of Health Promotion
& Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

I only recently discovered the Cycling Without Age program, but the crucial social connection it makes with seniors makes it unquestionably clear how important it is. As you listen to this interview, imagine how having this program available in every community could benefit not just its seniors, but all of us.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did. Please feel free to leave a comment below.

Warmly,
Caroline

Click here to download tips on starting your own chapter of Cycling Without Age.

Jade Pelton talks about how the emerging
profession of Peer Support Specialist is providing hope and support to those recovering from
addiction and mental health challenges.

Jade is a Peer Recovery Specialist at Northpoint Health and Wellness located in North Minneapolis, MN. She has been a Specialist for over a year now and was trained at Minnesota Recovery Connection a small grassroots Recovery Community Organization. She volunteered there doing Telephone recovery support for many months as well as starting a peer led meeting with a co-worker and helping out at the annual walk fundraiser. She previously volunteered for a year co-facilitating a National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) connections group and has attended NAMI conferences to stay abreast of the issues that face her community. She is in active long term recovery and finds this line of work not only rewarding but crucial to her recovery. Her powerful story speaks of the struggle of overcoming a life full of trauma and coming through it by using the experience of it to help others through their own.

Jade has a wonderful sense of humor and is gifted in reaching people with her spoken word or prose. She is also a mixed media artist meaning that she is not just talented in one art form but several and she hopes to start her own small business selling this art in order to save for her dream of starting a large non-profit that truly caters to individuals with co-occurring disorders.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did. Please feel free to leave a comment below.

Resmaa Menakem discusses his book My Grandmother's Hands, Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. This is the first self-discovery book to examine white body supremacy in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.

Resmaa Menakem MSW, LICSW, S.E.P. has appeared on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. He has served as director of counseling services for the Tubman Family Alliance; as behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis; and as a Cultural Somatics consultant for the Minneapolis Police Department. As a Community Care Counselor, he managed the wellness and counseling services for civilians on fifty-three US military bases in Afghanistan.

Resmaa currently teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of African Americans, European Americans, and police officers. He is also a therapist in private practice in Minneapolis.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did, and please feel free to leave a comment below.

Dr. Debi Silber of the PBT Institute discusses her multi-pronged approach to help people heal (physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually) from a life crisis.

Debi Silber, PhD, President/CEO of Debi Silber Companies, LLC. and founder of www.PBTInstitute.com, and www.DebiSilber.com is a recognized health, mindset, empowerment, and personal development expert. She’s a speaker, coach and author of the Amazon #1 Bestselling book: The Unshakable Woman: 4 Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind and Life After a Life Crisis, The Unshakable Woman-The Workbook (the companion guide to the book) as well as 2 books recommended by Brian Tracy, Marshall Goldsmith, Jack Canfield and many more.

Dr. Silber has contributed to FOX, CBS, The Dr. Oz show, TEDx, The Huffington Post, Shape, Self, Health, Working Mother, Forbes, Psychology Today, WebMD, Yahoo Shine, Ladies Home Journal, MSN, Woman’s World, and Glamour, to name a few. After researching and conducting a PhD study on how women experience betrayal from a family member or partner, Debi has discovered a predictable and proven process taking women from betrayal to breakthrough. That process, coupled with 27 years of health, mindset and personal development training and coaching, enabled her to create a multi-pronged approach to help people heal (physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually) from a life crisis.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did, and please feel free to leave a comment below.

Jessica Davenport, aka "The Narcolepsy Whisperer" discusses sleep disorders, their diagnosis and surprisingly common mis-diagnoses, and how critical it is that we make getting quality sleep a priority.

Jessica Davenport, BS, is the founder and owner of Wellness Dreamer, a health and wellness company she created in 2017. She is a leading advocate for sleep health and sleep disorders in the South Florida area and has spent 10 years in the health and wellness industry.

Jessica holds a bachelor's degree in Wellness Leadership from the University of South Florida. She is a certified Health & Wellness Coach through Wellcoaches and a certified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise. Jessica has held positions with a variety of companies ranging from a global human capital management (HCM) software company to one of the largest health insurance providers in the United States. Prior to founding Wellness Dreamer, she was the Wellness Specialist for a Credit Union Service Organization where she managed all the wellness programs for over 1700 employees.

Jessica is extremely passionate about health and wellness as a whole but has a particular and focused interest in sleep health and sleep disorders. If you ask her she’ll tell you she’s a “Sleep Geek”. This interest stems from the fact that she knows exactly what it’s like to be a sleepy person. Living with the invisible symptoms of multiple sleep disorders for over a decade, they culminated just prior to college and were eventually diagnosed as sleep apnea in 2007 and narcolepsy type II in 2010.

Because of her battle with sleep disorders, she felt the need to create more awareness in her own community. In 2014, in conjunction with Project Sleep, Jessica hosted the very first Sleep Walk Tampa Bay event. In 2015, she co-founded Sleep Tampa Bay, a grassroots organization dedicated to advocating for sleep health and sleep disorder awareness in the Tampa Bay area. Since 2015 Sleep Tampa Bay has hosted community events twice a year where they help others wake up to the importance of sleep and also how to recognize if they have a sleep disorders.

In 2017, Jessica united her 10 years of experience in the wellness industry with her personal experiences and passion for change to create Wellness Dreamer, a health and wellness company that offers one-on-one and group wellness coaching, consulting services for corporate wellness clients, personal training, and professional speaking services.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did, and please feel free to leave a comment below.

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Billie Frances, LMFT, NBC-HWC, BCC, CWP

In this interview I was privileged to speak with Billie Frances, LMFT, NBC-HWC, BCC, CWP. Billie is the founder of Mindful & Meaningful Coach Mastery — a national certification for heart-centered professionals who use proven coaching techniques to impact positive health behavior change. The program is a training provider for the International Consortium of Heath & Wellness Coaches (ICHWC) and Board Certified Coach (BCC).

The interview ran over an hour, so I have split it into two shorter episodes for listening convenience. In the episodes, Billie discusses how mindfulness enables coaches to guide clients to find their own answers and come up with their own solutions as they move forward in life.

Billie is a licensed therapist, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, a Board Certified Coach, an ACE Certified Health Coach and is the Master Coach for ACE’s Behavior Change Specialist program. She is also a past president of the San Diego Professional Coaches Alliance, a Certified Wellness Professional, and a multi-year presenter at the National Wellness Conference.

Billie lives in San Diego and is a dedicated family member, an avid baseball fan, and an active Toastmaster.

I hope you enjoy these interviews as much as I did, and please feel free to leave a comment below.

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Learn about Lorie’s techniques to help you become the Hero and the Author of your own life story for getting “un-stuck” and experiencing self-discovery and personal growth.

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Lorie Marsh, Writer. Speaker. Visual Storyteller. Awareness Igniter. Soul Booster. Her mission is to show how to use your story to tap into your inner wisdom and move you forward on your path with more clarity, focus, and purpose.

After two decades in indie film, theater, multi-platform narratives, and “script doctoring,” Lorie Marsh is steeped in Storytelling. Everything is a story to her. She developed her self-inquiry framework from a personal need, “I found myself at an undeniable dead end on a path I’d hacked at for almost 20 years. It was scary and overwhelming to feel I was in a free fall, having no ‘map’ anymore for myself. I came to realize, though, that I could find my way back to center by using the skills I’d developed over all those years: I needed to review my life as the epic story it is, and I’d find my answers.” She writes, speaks, and creates workshops to guide others from their day-to-day Hero views to their higher level Creator/Author perspective in order to tap their inner wisdom, find center and focus, and map out their next chapters in purposeful ways.